OUR STREET

POLISH TITLE: NASZA ULICA

For over three years the author of the film has accompanied a poor family from Łódź living opposite the former textile factories. They worked there for generations. After the fall of communism they watched a slow collapse of the plant. Today they are witness to another civilizational change: Manufaktura, which is the biggest shopping and entertainment centre in this part of Europe, is being built in place of the factories. How will the Furmańczyk family fit into this new landscape?

Director producer and cameraman – born in Poland (1967), raised in France, where he studied directing at La fémis (National Film School). He attended a yearly course in cinematography at the Lodz Film School. Son of Stanisław Latałło, about whom he made his first documentary, A Trace (Honorary Mention at the IFF Krakow in 1996) and a book, The Unfinished Portrait. He collaborated with Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland and Krzysztof Kieślowski (for whom he translated the screenplays and dialogues of the Three Colors into French). He directed two short films: The First Time and Night’s Kiss. He directed the documentaries Constellations for Polish TV, Another Gaze for the Caravane des 10 mots and Our Street for Arte France. He is preparing two documentaries Ginczanka : a personal journey and The other side of the poster. He’s also currently working on the screenplay for his first feature film: A Sailor’s Tale. He founded his production company : Camera Obscura, that co-produced the feature-length version of Our street – cinema version, premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) in 2008.